STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. RICHARD S. BUMBERY

, JEFFREY W. BATES, J.

Richard Bumbery (Defendant) was charged by felony information with the class'B felony of arson in the first degree in violation of § 569.040. 1 This charge involved a December 2010 fire that destroyed, a building at which Defendant’s employer, Bolivar Insulation Company (Bolivar Insulation), conducted its business. Following presentation of the evidence at Defendant’s jury trial, the State amended its felony information to charge Defendant with the lesser-included offense of arson in the second degree, a class C felony. See § 569.050 RSMo (2000). The jury found Defendant…